Interim Report – May 2015 #8 (14.05.15)

USA

Vesicular Stomatitis (VS)

The latest VS Situation Report issued by the USDA of May 13th, 2015 records six new VS virus positive premises (New Jersey serotype) and nine new suspect premises in Maricopa County, Arizona. Furthermore, there are two new VS-virus suspect premises under quarantine in Yavapai County in that state. The current total of confirmed premises in each affected state stands at two, one each in Otero and Grant Counties, New Mexico, eight in Maricopa County, Arizona and one for Kane County, Utah. All diagnosed cases so far have been in equids, principally horses.

The Animal Health Trust is a veterinary charity, based in Suffolk, which offers clinical referral services and diagnostic testing for horses, dogs and cats in East Anglia, across the UK and internationally. Through its research programmes it develops new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines to help thousands of animals.